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• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  you where to go. Note that you can in fact capsize in these boats! And ... lot more active. LSC is basically a movie theatre group on campus where ... challenging and interesting because it is the perfect sweet spot between a novel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  could use his credit card." "You can't just send an ion through a ... especially (while you may think this is strange because I'm a vegetarian, I ... in that world where you just left. I just got this message out of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... "Enrolling" option on the reply form, and then you can request a deferral any ... that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many areas of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  could work with. MIT is a unique place, and it can’t be home for everyone ... comMIT, you need to to determine if the IHTFP life is a good fit for you ... was right. I hope you feel that way too when you visit. While there is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  Cafe. For 75 cents you get as much brown rice as you can fit on a plate ... DID YOU KNOW? The Natural History Museum in London has a giant squid ... with onions, poured in two cans of tomatoes, dumped in half a bottle of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  . From Fact 3, I can tell you that SFO has pretty great food, IAD has a ... there is a line. A LONG line. Just to get to the Self Check-In counters ... noodles that are manufactured by the airline, which you can’t buy outside of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  ” positioned throughout the city. You can unlock a bike by using a special key or ... students can't have fun? On Saturday, I met up with a friend of mine who ... things to see. There's a lot to see in Boston; we only got to two of these

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  now you can now officially congratulate yourself on a successful trip to ... many other dishes. I am a "weekday vegetarian", and there's always both a ... , you're the one I would expect to know how." This is one of the highest

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  you set up a crockpot to cook for a few hours, can you usually trust ... is definitely no initiation as you describe it. (In fact, I have a hard ... !) said, there is no "initiation". All the examples you gave, Annie, would

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  must take care...of our own world. There is no planet we can move to. All ... need to be put in positions where they can have a more direct influence ... , of course, is that you can fill the emotional void in your life by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  both asked a version of: When/why/how did you switch to course 9? How is ... top of a few core requirements, so you can essentially design your major ... 're all taking it on a day that you have another final and you can't be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  The Putz-Tetazoo exchange program is a longstanding tradition where a ... involves many a prank and snark. During their stays, each resident is to ...  one flight of stairs ok maybe that's a lie, i used to live on stickmen (which is

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  still support Black Lives Matter?" "Is there even really a race issue?" "Are you okay?" "What is the point? Nothing is going to change." "You ... is barely holding together. As events unfolded a number of questions

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  other countries may not have access to such a diverse range of options ... see what you did with the options available to you no matter where you ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  all-you-can-eat for every meal; how large is a one-meal kit? Is it ... easiest option is cooking co-ops. You can start or join a cooking co-op in ... undergraduate can get a meal plan regardless of where they live. The final section

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  survive a robot uprising Look, at least I'll be ready, alright? Can you ... ? Uncle John's Bathroom Reader This is where I get all of my random ... present. I hate physics, so of course my family buys me a book about physics

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  -looking female. I can’t buy a $68 cup of awareness. I wish to be conspicuous and ... This weekend, I was an invisible woman. Flashback: There’s a ... . No, this is a fancier event. The handmade cups here cost $68. And I am

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  extreme poverty a thing of the past? Why do some countries grow fast and ... ? Should we leave it to the NGOs? Where is the best place to intervene? How ... From the comments on my last entry, the mean is 3.21748954013248 and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  , for which (if you aren’t familiar) you can intern abroad in a foreign country of your choice, given that there is a MISTI program available in that country. Currently there are nineteen countries, and (I just learned

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public ... a 'lay explanation', i.e. to describe it to us as you would to an ... ISEF, then you can learn more about it and look for an affiliated fair in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015